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A paediatric logbook: Millstone or milestone?
Ridha Akhtar1, Elise Yl Neo2, Jenny McDonald3,4
1Emergency Department, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Western Austalia, Australia.
Medical students reflect on how mandatory pediatric logbooks shaped their undergraduate training. These logbooks are a common tool in medical education for tracking clinical experiences.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Pediatric Training
Background:
- Logbooks are widely used in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
- Reflections focus on the undergraduate pediatric term.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the impact of mandatory pediatric logbooks on medical students' undergraduate training.
- To understand how these logbooks shape early-career physicians' experiences.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative reflection by two early-career alumni.
- Focus on experiences during their undergraduate pediatric term.
Main Results:
- The mandatory pediatric logbook significantly influenced the students' learning and experience during their pediatric rotation.
- Alumni perspectives highlight the logbook's role in structuring and documenting clinical exposure.
Conclusions:
- Mandatory pediatric logbooks are a key component of undergraduate medical training.
- Logbooks provide valuable structure and reflection opportunities for medical students in pediatrics.

